sarabeth87
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A little backstory--My brother Travis is in the hospital right now. He has pneumonia and his FEV1 was at 48%. It's normally around 70%. Anyways, for some reason today the nurses took his blood sugars. They were 283. That was after he ate lunch today. Well he just called me (it's about 9:30 PM here)and they took it again. This time they were 303. I asked him if the doctor mentioned anything about CFRD. Travis has never heard of it. In fact he doesn't know much about CF besides the fact that he has it, it sucks, and he has to take a lot of meds. He said the doctor said something about CFRD to him after she saw the BS #s. He of course doesn't remember what she said. He's 19 by the way.
Anyways my questions are: are those numbers really bad?
If he does have it, what might he have to add to his treatment regimn? Does it take a toll on your lung health? I've read through some past threads but i don't understand alot of them since i haven't dealt with CFRD personnally.
Anyways my questions are: are those numbers really bad?
If he does have it, what might he have to add to his treatment regimn? Does it take a toll on your lung health? I've read through some past threads but i don't understand alot of them since i haven't dealt with CFRD personnally.